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Wadden Sea

Our research in and around the Wadden Sea is very broad and varies from dikes, mussel beds and seals to birds, litter and salt marshes. In this dossier, you will find news, backgrounds and research results from Wageningen University & Research on the Wadden Sea and Wadden Islands.

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News about the Wadden Sea

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  15 June 2022

  Myron Peck appointed special professor of Life Cycle Ecophysiology of Marine Animals

  - The executive board of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has appointed prof. Dr. Myron Peck as special professor Life Cycle Ecophysiology of...
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  16 May 2022

  Whale carcass proves tasty snack for beetles

  - A total of 21 new beetle species were discovered in the whale carcass that washed ashore at the Rottumerplaat in 2020. The creatures are experts in...

News 2016-2021

• 01 December 2021

  AI helps speed up ecological surveys

• 26 November 2021

  Deadly bacteria found in large group of stranded porpoises

• 26 October 2021

  Assessing the shrimp sector

• 02 July 2021

  When does the file yoldia reach the Wadden Sea?

• 19 May 2021

  Counting fish in murky waters

• 20 January 2021

  Experiment with salt marsh construction near Delfzijl successful

• 12 November 2020

  Results of harbour seal monitoring in the Dutch Wadden Sea

• 02 September 2020

  Plastic soup detectives analyse litter from the Wadden Sea

• 27 July 2020

  Improving coastal restoration by temporarily imitating nature

• 02 July 2019

  Wadden Fund supports Swimway Wadden Sea project

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Projects about the Wadden Sea

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  TMAP Salt marshes

  One of the ecological objectives for the Wadden Sea, both at national and at trilateral (i.e. Dutch, German and Danish) level, is to maximise the area...
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  TWO advice

  The policy and management of the harbour porpoises, grey seals and common seals in and around the Wadden Sea is laid down in the five-year Seal...
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  eDNA zooplankton

  The biodiversity of zooplankton has been underexposed in Dutch monitoring programs for years. However, animal plankton (zooplankton) plays a key role...
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  QSR Wadden Sea 2021

  Within the framework of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme (TMAP) the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly produces a...
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  Effectiveness of area protection measures (MEGMA)

  The natural development of unfished mussel beds in the Wadden Sea will be mapped. Knowledge that arises from this can be used directly in policymaking...

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Publications about the Wadden Sea

• Bij de witte bontjassen op de Wadden is de groei eruit, misschien wel door onze windturbines

  Brasseur, Sophie (2023)

• Prey ingestion rates revealed by back-mounted accelerometers in Eurasian spoonbills

  Lok, Tamar , Geest, Matthijs van der , Bom, Roeland A. , Goeij, Petra de , Piersma, Theunis , Bouten, Willem (2023)

• Impact of mussel seed fishery on subtidal sediment and macrozoobenthos in the western Wadden Sea

  Craeymeersch, J.A. , Stralen, M.R. van , Smaal, A.C. (2023)

• Biodegradable artificial reefs enhance food web complexity and biodiversity in an intertidal soft-sediment ecosystem

  Nauta, Janne , Christianen, Marjolijn J.A. , Temmink, Ralph J.M. , Fivash, Gregory S. , Marin-Diaz, Beatriz , Reijers, Valérie C. , Didderen, Karin , Penning, Emma , Borst, Annieke C.W. , Heusinkveld, Jannes H.T. , Zwarts, Maarten , Cruijsen, Peter M.J.M. , Hijner, Nadia , Lengkeek, Wouter , Lamers, Leon P.M. , Heide, Tjisse van der , Bouma, Tjeerd J. , Wal, Daphne van der , Olff, Han , Govers, Laura L. (2023)

• Short review on zooplankton in the Dutch Wadden Sea : considerations for zooplankton monitoring

  Jak, Robbert G. , Slijkerman, Diana M.E. (2023)

• A monitoring and data analysis method for microplastics in marine sediments

  Bäuerlein, Patrick S. , Erich, M.W. , Loon, W. van , Mintenig, S.M. , Koelmans, A.A. (2023)

• The lifecycle of public value creation : eroding public values in the Dutch Marker Wadden project

  Willems, Jannes J. , Duijn, Michael , IJff, Stéphanie , Veraart, Jeroen , Nuesink, Nienke , Ellen, Gerald Jan , Buuren, Arwin van (2023)

• Syntheserapport KIMA : De eerste vijf jaar onderzoek op Marker Wadden

  Rijk, S. de , Kessel, T. van , Klinge, M. , Noordhuis, R. , Leeuw, J. de , Veraart, J. , IJff, S. (2022)

• Survey Results of Harbour Seals in the Wadden Sea in 2022

  Galatius, Anders , Brasseur, S.M.J.M. , Carius, Florian , Jess, Armin , Meise, Kristine , Meyer, Julia , Schop, J. , Siebert, Ursula , Stejskal, Ole , Teilmann, Jonas , Thostesen, Christine B. (2022)

• Ontwikkeling van enkele droogvallende mosselbanken in de Nederlandse Waddenzee : Periode 1995 tot en met 2021

  Glorius, S.T. , Meijboom, A. (2022)

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